The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-01
THE GREAT NORTHWEST

THE GREAT NORTHWEST
News Items from Various States
and Territories.
ILLINOIS.
Governor Oglesby has filed the vaclncv
caused by the resignation Of James p. Root
Of the First Congressional District from the
8 ate Bo..rd OF Equalization by appointing
Captain George +. Knight OF the Town OF
Lake
The contract between the city Of Chica-
70 and Andrew Onderdonk, Of New York,
the lowest bidder for the construction Of
the new sub marine water-works tunnel
under the lake. eight feet In diameter,
have ben formally executed The work
will cost 746, ,OOO and the contractor gave
. bond of $4OO.OO0 The new tunnel will
extend from the South side lake front dis
tance Of four miles into the lake, where
pure water 10 deemed q permanent GER
tainty.
Colonel J. 8 Lord, Secretary Of the nli-
nois Bur .au of Labor statistics, has just
completed the sixth annual compilation Of
the statistics OF coal mines and coal mining
in Illinois The following summary shows
the business actually done during the year:
The number of counties reported, 40; NUM-
Der OF mines and openings OF all kinds, SIT;
number of tons OF coal mined, 1O,27S, $50;
aggregate value Of the same at the mines.
$11, 152. 500; average value per ton at the
mines. 81 OS; number OF employees OF ali
kinds, 26, SO4; average number Of days Of
active operations 213 2; average price paid
per ton for mining, ~ cents; number Of
kegs of powder used, 152. 627; number OF
mules employed under ground, ,474; num-
ber of men killed, Al; number of men in
jured SO a. to lose time, $50; number ol
tons mined for each life lost 244, ,735;
number Of employees for each life los. 400
The reports to the State Livestock Com.
miss on snow that hog cholera is killing of
hogs in nine cen counties at rapid rate
Cattle are healthy, and horses have recov.
cred from influenza, which has been wide
spread
The village of Findlay, Shelby County
was almost entirely consumed by fire re-
Gently.
In the northwestern part Of Fayette
County milk sickness Is prevailing to NJ
alarming extent In London township 3
number Of cattle have died and others ars
sick with the disease. Some families, it Il
said. are also effected with the maiady.
A human brute, named August Hatxka
residing ON Lincoln street, Chicago, tn,
other day killed his little step-son by liter
ally fogging him to death with leather
strap The fellow is under arrest
William Kleeman shot and killed Pa
O'Brien, plumber, few days ago Will,
Al.nu -
the formers saloon on Blue Island avenue
Chicago
MI. and Mrs Shelton Smith celebrated tn,
fftieth anniversary Of their wedding .
Lexington. Mclean County, the other day
IOWA.
There are three Christian Science doctor
ct Le Mara
J. Boege, . prominent business man o
Mason City, is financially embarrassed Fo
thirteen years he has carried on . farm
machinery and wagon-making concern
His liabilities were placed ut SIC, ,OO0 !
was said he had sailed for Europe
A class Of thirty graduated at the Stat
Agricultural College at Ames few day
| ago.
The other morning the sheriff Of Mariol
County and the marshal Of Pleasantvill
went out to the residence of Lewis Rey
mods. southeast Of Pleasantville, to arres
his son John, charged with forgery and oh
tanning money under false pretensea HI
| refused to be arrested and drew revolve
and shot b mself In the forehead, dying in
stantly. The warrant for his arrest haa
been telegraphed from Kansas. where hi
home is and where he has wife and seve
| children
Henry 8 Townsend, young commissio
| merchant Of Sioux City and Miss Bessi
| Schnlle.n, daughter Of one of the wealth
lest Jewish families In the city. were clau
d stinely married the other afternoon, an
have left for parts unknown The paren,
of the girl had forbidden the young ma
coming to the house, and clandestine meet
angs have been kept up for two yeara
/ A. W. Ohler. young man of Des Moine
ID being prosecuted for swearing falsely to
| young lady's age
Fourteen dwellings in the village Of Il
conf. Warren County, were recently dt
stroyed by fire.
| A corn-husking contest took place q
Mitchellv. lie, Polk County. day or tw
| ago The winner huskel lob bushels an
10 pounds OF corn In ten hours
At Charlton, Lucas County. Moses Jeffel
| son, q colored miner, was killed by fallin
slate the other day.
Henry Van Deven, his daughter Tnns
and Ida Kamerick, the hired girl, were r,
Gently indicted by the Marion County gran
jury on the charge Of having caused th
death Of MIRA Van Deven at Pella last Al
| gust by poisoning.
The Government canal Ut KeOkuk ",
opened for the season March and closed
/ few days ago. The statement of traffl
through the canal during that time, as PR
pared by Major Meiggs. engineer in cbarg
shows that there were 2, 4O4 lockages mad
to allow the passage Of 987 boats, 2g
barges and RATS 4.219 tons Of merchal
disc. 388, 800 bushels of grain. 2O1
464,967 feet lumber, 45,266, ,OO
feet logs, 126,344.270 shingles an
65,37O. 14S lath. These figures represeI
the fire ght traffic of the season All classe
show an increase over last year
WISCONSIN.
L P. Pahl's brewery at Oconto was burne
thu other afternoon Loss $50. 600; insul
ance. $1,000
Cohen, Finn b Co., proprietors Of tw
stores at Ashland, Ashland County, d1
goods and mems clothing, have made . 70
untary assignment to NJ ]. Hart He gay
bond for $65. 900. which Is supposed
represent the amount OF assetR
By ruling Of the Wisconsin Supren
Court, the law compelling insurance CON
panies doing business in tho State to tax
out license Ii dead letter. For failure
pay the legal penalties prescribed for NJ
taking ont license, Judgments aggregatir
several hundred thousand dollars were ol
tanned against about forty companies In
test case tho Supreme Court reversed Il
Judgment on the ground chat the law d
not reach the companies and other con
panics have since taken an appeal to tn
court. These companies are minor one
located In Georgia, Vermont, Alabama, low
Kentucky and interior New York, b
judgments against them aggregate $72. 90
It is rumored that General Gibbon will |
appointed to succeed General Jacob Sharp
commandant OF the National Soldiers Hon
| at Milwaukee General GibbOn was recent